Railroad-track construction.



IVIYYVESSES W. H. MORGAN.

RAILROAD TBAGK CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION IILED APBJ, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

INVENTOR WILLIAM HENRY MORGAN, or ALLrANcE, OHIO.

RAILROAD-TRACK CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

Application filed April 1, 1912. Serial No. 687,729.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM H. MORGAN, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Alliance, in the county of Starkand State of Ohio, haveinvented Certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-TrackConstruction; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in railroad track construction,and is designed particularly as an improvement on the constructiondisclosed in the application for patent filed by A. C. Shand, May 17,1912, Serial No. 697,927.

In, the application above referred to, the rails are supported on metalstringers extending longitudinally of the rails, and on straight tieslocated intermediate the stringers and projecting at the ends beyond thelatter. Such construction is admirably adapted for steam roads where thetrafiic is light, and for street railroads, and is comparativelyinexpensive in its construction. The principal objection to it, is,that, as the rails have but limited bearing on the cross ties, which arethe sole means of lateral support and between the rails,-there is atendency for the ties to turn or pivot more or less under an unequallongitudinal creeping movement of the rails, and the object of myinvention is to provide means for holding the track square and the railsat proper %Vith this object in view my invention consists in the detailsof construction as will be more fully described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View in plan of a section ofa track embodying my invention and Fig. 2 is a view in section on theline A-B of Fig. 1.

VVith this object in view my invention consists in the details ofconstruction as will be more fully described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in plan of a section ofa track embodying my invention and Fig. 2 is a view in section on theline A-B of Fig. 1.

My improved track is composed of a series of cross ties 1, and stringers2, located intermediate the cross ties and extending approximately fromone cross tie to the other, and supporting the rails between said ties.These cross ties and stringers, are preferably made of old and discardedrailroad rails, but may if desired be made from new material, and areboth substantially I- shape in cross section, the base flanges 3 beingwider than the top flanges 4, and preferably inclined downwardly, orconcaved on the underside so as to form a housing, un der, or withinwhich, the ballast-will pack when tamped. The cross ties, instead ofbeing straight as in the application above referred to, are Zshape asshown, the parallel side members 5, extending in the dlrection of thelength of the rails and constituting supports for the latter. These sidesupports of the Z-shaped ties are considerably longer than the width ofthe straight tie, hence they form elongated bearings to which the railsmay be rigidly secured and when so arranged, there can be nopossiblemovement of the rails that could destroy the alinement or the gage ofthe track. 4

The rails are supported on chairs 6 which latter are provided withdependin flanges 7 overlapping the opposite sides 0 the top flange ofthe stringer and top flanges of the parallel members of the tie, andwith upwardly projecting flanges 8 which engage the side edges of thebase flange of the rail, and the rails are secured on the chairs by thespring clips 9 which latter engage ribs 10 on the armor plates 11, underthe top flange 4 of the stringers and ties, and bear at their upper endsagainst the base flanges of the rails, the said plates 11 bein heldagainst outward displacement by t e depending flanges 7 of the chairs 6.

As s own in Fig. 2, insulating material 12 is interposed between thestringers and ties, and the chairs, and between the armor plates 11 andthe top flanges of the stringers and ties. When the ties and stringersare made of old rails, the base flanges of the rails form the topflanges of the stringers and ties, and the heads of the rails which areflattened out and arched, form the base flanges of the stringers andties. For street railways and for steam roads over which the traffic iscomparatively light, the stringers would preferably be the length of anordinary rail; for heavier trafiic the distance between the ties couldbe shortened up.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In railroad track construction, the combination of rails, Z-shapedties the parallel members of which form the rail supports,and straightstringers supporting the rails intermediate said ties, the said ties andstringers being substantially I-shape in cross section. v

2. In railroad track construction, the combination of rails, Z-shapedties the parallel members of which form the rail supports, andstraightstringers supporting the rails intermediate said ties. a

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HENRY MORGAN.

Witnessesi J. H. LLOYD, N. C. Fumes.

